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Review
. 2011 Jul;7(7):e1002121.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002121. Epub 2011 Jul 28.

"Persisters": survival at the cellular level

Clinton C Dawson  1 , Chaidan Intapa, Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk
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Review

"Persisters": survival at the cellular level

Clinton C Dawson et al. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Jul.
No abstract available

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Progression of persister cell development and enhanced drug tolerance.
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